Unit 1 NR 672 Test Questions and All
Correct Answers.
What is Title 27, Article 65 Care and Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders about?
- Answer 27-65 is the statue that sets out procedural safeguards related to civil
commitments for the care and treatment of persons with mental health disorders:
*Preservation of rights
*Foster the highest level of functioning and encourage voluntary treatment
*Dignity and respect
Secures care and treatment suited to the needs of the person
*72-hour mental health holds and certification process
*Covers all persons experiencing mental illness, not just those in imminent danger or gravely
disabled
Care is specific to institutions- Licensed general or psychiatric hospitals, community mental
health centers, residential childcare facilities, acute treatment facilities.
NO nursing or assisted living facilities- NO jails and NO private practices.
What is civil commitment? - Answer When a person hasn't committed a crime but is deemed
to be a significant risk of harming themselves or a specific other person, the judicial system can
confine that person in a mental health facility
What are the types of designations? - Answer 72-hour hold
Short-term certification
Long-term certification
How long is a short-term certification? - Answer 90 days
How long is a long-term certification? - Answer 180 days but not to exceed 6 months.
Another court order would be needed to extend.
What are the three qualifications for obtain a 72-hour hold? - Answer Person appears to
have a mental health disorder who is in imminent danger to self/others or is gravely disabled.
Who can take or cause the patient to be taken into custody during a mental health evaluation? -
Answer The intervening professional may take or cause the hold. These professionals may be
a personal person, police officers, PMHNP, MD, family therapist, social worker, marriage
Correct Answers.
What is Title 27, Article 65 Care and Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders about?
- Answer 27-65 is the statue that sets out procedural safeguards related to civil
commitments for the care and treatment of persons with mental health disorders:
*Preservation of rights
*Foster the highest level of functioning and encourage voluntary treatment
*Dignity and respect
Secures care and treatment suited to the needs of the person
*72-hour mental health holds and certification process
*Covers all persons experiencing mental illness, not just those in imminent danger or gravely
disabled
Care is specific to institutions- Licensed general or psychiatric hospitals, community mental
health centers, residential childcare facilities, acute treatment facilities.
NO nursing or assisted living facilities- NO jails and NO private practices.
What is civil commitment? - Answer When a person hasn't committed a crime but is deemed
to be a significant risk of harming themselves or a specific other person, the judicial system can
confine that person in a mental health facility
What are the types of designations? - Answer 72-hour hold
Short-term certification
Long-term certification
How long is a short-term certification? - Answer 90 days
How long is a long-term certification? - Answer 180 days but not to exceed 6 months.
Another court order would be needed to extend.
What are the three qualifications for obtain a 72-hour hold? - Answer Person appears to
have a mental health disorder who is in imminent danger to self/others or is gravely disabled.
Who can take or cause the patient to be taken into custody during a mental health evaluation? -
Answer The intervening professional may take or cause the hold. These professionals may be
a personal person, police officers, PMHNP, MD, family therapist, social worker, marriage
